University:

Barshop Institute for Longevity and Aging Studies

2008 Seminars

01/09/08, 3:30 PM, Lecture Hall 444B, Main Campus

"Does Aging Make Fat Go MAD?"

James Kirkland, M.D., Ph.D.
Noaber Foundation Professor in Aging Researh
Director, Mayo Clinic Kogod Center on Aging
Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN

01/16/08

Thymopoiesis Across the Lifespan

Gregory Sempowski

01/30/08

Das hepoperlenspiel: A Novel Approach to the Study of Aging in Yeast

Frank Rosenzweig, PhD

02/06/08

Nutrition intervention, aging and cancer: The impact of the base excision repair pathway

Ahmad Heydari, PhD

02/13/08

The secret of long live Methuselah revealed

Ravi Ranjan, PhD

02/20/08

Motor neuron plasticity following intermittent hypoxia: implications for sleep apnea

Gordon Mitchell, PhD

02/27/08

Does overexpression of thioredoxin 1 reduce protein oxidation and alter aging?

Yuji Ikeno, MD, PhD

03/05/08

Longevity and the lfg1 Pathway: analysis of 31 inbred mouse strains from the Jackson Lab Phenome Project

Beverly Paigen, PhD

03/12/2008

Role of Accessory Triadic Proteins in Aging Skeletal Muscle

Osvaldo Delbono, PhD

03/26/2008

Metabolic effects of long-term caloric restriction in humans

Luigi Fontana, PhD

04/02/2008

The role of mitochondrial sirtuins in aging and metabolism

Marcia Haigis, PhD

05/01/2008

Presentations by Biology of Aging Research Fellows

Training Grant Fellows discuss individual research projects.

Wednesday, September 3, 2008 -- Seminar is rescheduled for spring '09 semester due to Hurricane Gustav

Regulation of Insulin Sensitivity and Mitochondrial function by Short Chain Fatty Acid

Jianping Ye, M.D.
Professor of Molecular Biology
Pennington Biomedical Research Center, Louisiana State University System
Hosted by Dr. Yuji Ikeno

Wednesday, September 10, 2008

Extracellular Matrix Mechanisms of Cardiac Aging

Merry Lindsey, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor

Depts. of Medicine-Cardiology and Cellular & Structural Biology

UT Health Science Center at San Antonio

Wednesday, September 17, 2008

From molecules to senescent physiology: Relating brain aging to cognitive decline

Thomas C. Foster, Ph.D.

Professor and McKnight Chair for Research on Aging & Memory

University of Florida Brain Institute

Hosted by Dr. Benjamin Eaton

Wednesday, September 24, 2008

Rapamycin: An Anti-Aging Pill? --- Presentation includes potential research opportunities at San Antonio in this area ---

Presentation by Barshop Team Rapamycin:

Arlan Richardson, Ph.D.
Professor and Director, Barshop Institute

Z. Dave Sharp, Ph.D.
Associate Professor and Interim Chair, Dept. of Molecular Medicine

Randy Strong, Ph.D.
Professor of Pharmacology and Barshop Institute

Wednesday, October 1, 2008

Regenerative Medicine and Stem Cells: Update

Peter Hornsby, Ph.D.
Professor
Dept. Physiology/Barshop Institute
UT Health Science Center at San Antonio

Wednesday, October 8, 2008

The Anti-Aging Mechanism Mediated by Klotho

Makoto Kuro-o, M.D., Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Dept. of Pathology
The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center atDallas
Hosted by Dr. Rochelle Buffenstein

Wednesday, October 15, 2008

Mammalian Mitochondrial DNA Organization

Daniel Bogenhagen, M.D.
Professor
Pharmacological Sciences
SUNY StonyBrook
Hosted by Dr.Yidong Bai

Wednesday, October 22, 2008

Enhanced Defense Mechanisms in Long-living Mice

Holly M. Brown-Borg, Ph.D.

Associate Professor

Depts. of Pharmacology, Physiology, and Therapeutics

University of North Dakota School of Medicine and Health Sciences

Hosted by Dr. Holly Van Remmen

Wednesday, October 29, 2008

Aging, DNA Repair, and Evolution of Anticancer Mechanisms

Vera Gorbunova, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor

Dept. of Biology

University of Rochester, New York

Hosted by Dr. Peter Hornsby

Wednesday, November 5, 2008

Polycomb Regulation of a Complex Longevity Phenotype in Drosophila

Robert Arking, M.D.
Professor
Dept. of Biological Science
Wayne State University, Detroit, MI

Hosted by Dr. James Nelson

Wednesday, November 12, 2008

Adiponectin Signaling and Aging

Lily Q. Dong, Ph.D.

Associate Professor

Dept. of Cellular & Structural Biology

UT Health Science Center at San Antonio

Wednesday, December 3, 2008

Mitochondrion, from basics to its implications in tumorigenesis and aging

Yidong Bai, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor

Dept. of Cellular & Structural Biology

UT Health Science Center at San Antonio

Wednesdays, December 10 and 17, 2008

Barshop Institute Seminars Presented by Aging Research Graduate Students and Fellows

Presentations for December 10, 2008:

Julie Etzler: Cyclophilin D Modulation of Mitochondrial Physiology

Adam Brown: BLM and Homologous Recombination

Ronald Matheny: IGF-I and Oxidative Stress in Myoblasts

AndreAna Pena: MRG 15, a Chromatin Remodeling Protein: Implications for Epigenetics in Cell Proliferation and Aging

Presentations for December 17, 2008:

Michael Lustgarten: The Role of Mitochondrial Oxidative Stress on Muscle Function

Angela Sanchez: Temperature Regulated Proteases and Longevity

Karl Rodriguez: The Role of the Proteasome in Aging

Oxidative Stress Induced by Metabolic Disorders Enhances Chemotaxic Responses in Monocytes: A New Paradigm for theDevelopment of Chronic Inflammatory Diseases

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